Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-23
JEDGE WAXEM ABROAD.
HE MAKES UP WITH MANDY AND
CONTINUES HIS TRAVELS.
The Jedge Finds That Columbus Was Not
Born at Genoa at All, But at Cogoleto-
Fifteen Miles Away-The American Flag
-POlicemen's Plug Hats.
Especial Correspondence

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able journal the last time I believe me anc
Mandy was engaged in a domestick infelisity
with Mandy about four lenths head, and m,
incarcerated, as it wair, in a convent Gel
near Genoa, undergoing retrenchment ant
| reform. This letter is wrote from a Willy
have rented for a week on the beautiful ant
charming bay of Naples, as a sort Of peac,
Offering to Mandy and so far with very bene
fetal results. Life is getting to be almost q.
serene and tranquil as if we had come dow
here on a sparkin spell and didn't expect t.
| git married till next fall.
We come here in a hurry and must gt
back and tell about the sights and scenes
have witnessed, but which my sad experience.
in Paris and Monte Carlo made me forget be-
fore. ~.
Since leaving London have seen the Amer
lean flag, our grand and glorious star spanglet
banner, the boiling cloth through which lib
erty and patriotism comes pure and indebted
but in two ways; one as bitters advertise
ment stuck up at every railroad depo, and
the other on an American ship laying I'D al
| Nlllyfranche, which believe is one of our
naval stations. As far as can see the bitters
| people are doing great deal more towards
| distributing the tricolored signal of freedom
than our navy is l didn't stop at Villa.
franche any longer than our train did, but
could look at that flag very plain, and be
doggoned if the poor thing didn't hang from
that jibboom or top gallant or whatever they
call 1t, just like its backbone had been
drawed, and felt ashamed of it for the first
time in the whole coarse Of my existents
public and private.
On the broad bosom of the Atlantic T had
saw stately steamers bearin on the breeze the
flags of England, of Germany, of France
on the beautiful blue waves of the Medittera-
man IL never could spell that word. Mr. Edi.
tori had saw the flags of Italy, of Turkey.
OF Grease, Of Russia, of Asia, and of Africv
in every harbor where ships raised their lofty
masts towards the sky as graceful monuments
to commerce and national power. I had ca "
all 1ags but my own, and Mr.. Editor. nv
ieellns can better be imagined than described
in the brief limmts of this letter. To an
ordinary citizen this state of affairs would he
humliiatin III the extremes to the sensitive
soul Of q statesman it was dispraceful
reflection.
Personally I will state here that T am in
favor of havin' United States navy. Init
officially will not commit myself until l
nave consulted with my constituents in Way-
back. would, however, suggest to Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Whitney that eff we can't
do no better, we ought to rig out some boats
with an engine and flag staff apeace and do
some foreign advertiser.
49,
In Genoa, which stopped at because had
been told by reliable men that Columbus was
born there, found out that there was n mis-
take He wasn't born there at all. but at
Cogoleto, small town about fifteen miles
down the railroad from Genoa. AS trains
run down there in half an hour or SO, reckon
they considered CoColeto and Genoa as one
1ona nd oil ;,,x
their census reports purity much like thew do
II calculating population in our own liberal
country.
There is monument to the great discoverer
in Genoa, though, while his supposed birth
place is near shoemaker shop, where Amer
can is not spoke.
Columbuses monument amt much, consid-
grin what the man done, and il America
hadn't been surftted on monument fund
'aisin in the last two or three years I'd vote
or an appropriation to'ards maxim him one
hat would knock the socks off of everything
n Urope.
1t would be the naturalization of a noble
ointment Ell the entire western continent
would chip in and raise in Genoa the
hnest monument in the world to Christopber
Columbus. l amt rich, because I've only
'een in congress one term, but I'll start the
ubcription with a hundred dollars.
IS.
seen in Genoa the only policemen I ever
net with that wore plug hats as steddy
hing on duty. They air a sort of officers to
watch carriages on the streets In America
1 hack driver would give five dollar note
Just to git kick at one of them hats.
~
Since leaving Marsailes I have been oh
serving OF the farming intrusts i'll sight along
he route, and am free to confess that there
is good deal of the Wayback style about it.
lheY nave to lrrigate the sile, and the way
they do it is to have wells with the old fash
toned sweeps, just like ourn at home. l
counted as many as a dozen in one small
field. Further south they use a wheel with
buckets and donkey to keep it moving.
The diiferents between the sweeps and the |
wheel is that woman handles the sweep |
Mandy called my attention to this fact, but
did not discuss the matter with her As |
between donkeys and women, my experience |
Of the last few days mostly inclines me to |
put my trust in donkeys. The donkey is pa
tient; it don't talk back; it tends to its own
business; it don't set up at nights waitip for
It's master; it is easy satisfied; it amt jeal-
Gus: it never complains, and it amt eternally
finding fault with a man because be amt as
good as donkey is.
oehSe iaii'uii III England nave been lOokin
nut for the corn crop, but until begun to git
purity nigh down to the heel of Italy amt
een stalk with mentionin, and this ain't
hardly with it, This amt corn country.
which explains to some extent the deprecated
md degected condition Of the elixior of life
n this benighted land. where I have fire.
luently saw it spelled on bill Of fares at
estorants, thus, to wit: Wisky What Italy
reeds is higher eddication, and can see it
'lainer every day am here In this regard
hey don't even seem 10 know the rudaments.
The corn they raise is little, runty stuff about
i've foot high, and it would take half dozen
If their nubbins to make a ear of corn like
We raise. I'd bet the coat off my back, that
t a ship load of American corn was shipped
ere in the ear, they'd think it was cord wood
I railroad ties
/ worked a half hour one day last weel,
lyin to git buttermilk and corn bread into
Italian of the relm, so could git something
hat tasted like home, but it wouldn't go. /
light have got the buttermilk, mehbe, but
orn bread, never.
Another needcessary of life that es laolin